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Terence MacSwiney

1879 - 1920

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Terence James MacSwiney (; Irish: Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne; 28 March 1879 – 25 October 1920) was an Irish playwright, author and politician. He was elected as Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence in 1920. He was arrested by the British Government on charges of sedition and imprisoned in Brixton Prison. His death there in October 1920 after 74 days on hunger strike brought him and the Irish Republican campaign to international attention. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terence MacSwiney is the 6,600th most popular writer (down from 6,377th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 342nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Irish Writer.

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Among writers, Terence MacSwiney ranks 6,600 out of 7,302. Before him are Sandro Veronesi, Vachel Lindsay, David Diop, Rick Yancey, Adam Horowitz, and Derek Taylor. After him are Nadav Lapid, Vagif Sultanli, Alfred Austin, Virginia Hamilton, Kunzang Choden, and Nele Neuhaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Terence MacSwiney ranks 263. Before him are Gerald Logan, Lucy Burns, James Branch Cabell, Wesley Coe, Coenraad Hiebendaal, and Vachel Lindsay. After him are Harry A. Pollard, King Baggot, Kathlyn Williams, C. H. Douglas, and Thomas Meighan. Among people deceased in 1920, Terence MacSwiney ranks 136. Before him are Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Walter W. Winans, Amedee Reyburn, Horace Elgin Dodge, Mary Augusta Ward, and Harry Solter. After him is Louisa Lawson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Terence MacSwiney ranks 383 out of 549. Before him are Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), T. P. McKenna (1929), Sharon Corr (1970), Robert Sheehan (1988), and Henry Grattan (1746). After him are Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Andrea Corr (1974), Joe Kinnear (1946), Niamh Kavanagh (1968), Shay Given (1976), and Kerry Condon (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Terence MacSwiney ranks 53. Before him are Sally Rooney (1991), Frank Harris (1856), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Claire Keegan (1968), James Mason (1849), and Anne Enright (1962). After him are Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Thomas MacDonagh (1878), Padraic Colum (1881), Michael Davitt (1846), Marian Keyes (1963), and William Allingham (1824).

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